Shoe-form.



W. S. LOUGEE.

SHOE FORM.

APPLIATION FILED HVG, 1909,

Patented Aug. 16, 1910.

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WILLIAM S. LOUGEE, OF ROCHESTER, NW HAMPSHIRE, ASSIG-NOR'TO SPAULDING' & SONS COMPANY, F MILTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE, A CORPORATION OF NEW' HAMP- SHIRE.

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967,795. Specicaton vf Letterslatent Patented Aug. 16, 1910.

Appucauon inea November e, 1909. semi No. 526,491.

To dll whom, it may concern:

B it known that I, lVinLIAM S. LOUGEE, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Rochester` in the county of Stratford and State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvement-s in Shoe- Forms' and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improvement in shoe forms.

One object'of 4the invention is to produce a shoe form or tree with a rear part having improved means whereby it is readily ad justable in length to Vary the lengt-1i of the form and which. ail'ords a rigid construction.

A further object is to provide a shoe -form with a detachablerear part which is adapt-- ed to be used with a fore part having any desired shape, and having means whereby the rear part is securely locked in position upon the fore part.

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, Another object of the 4invention is to produce a shoe form adapted for cheap isanufacture by reason of the inexpensiveness of the materials of construction-leatherboard, wood, sheet iron or steel and wire-and by reason of a construction which lends itself to facility of manufacture.

To these ends the invention consists in the shoe form hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a plan View of the shoe form showing inl dotted lines the position which` the expanding member of the rear part ltends to assume; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the shoe form; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional elevation taken on the line 3 3 in p F ig. l, showing the parts inthe position which they assume while in place in a shoe; and Fig. 4 is a similar sectional view showing the relative position assumed by the fore and rear parts when they may be detached `from one another.

As shown in the drawings, the shoe form comprises a fore part 1 made of leatherboard, molded into the desired shape. The loweredge of the fore part is formed with a flange 2 which is widened 4at thesliank and secured to a gusset plate 4E by means of rivets. A metal stitl'ening Iplate-and hinge piece (.1 is secured by means of a rivet 8 to the upper side of the fore part, and is provided with a. downwardly deflected tongue 9 which is riveted to the gusset late 4. The rear end of the plate 6 is provi ed with projections 10 and 12 respectively which are turned inwardly to form pintles upon which tute a. toggle. The toggle link 20 is formed 70 of an integral strip of sheet iron or steel and comprlse two parallel sides 23 and 24 each provided with ad'ustmcnt holes 25. The

sides of the togge link are united by a transverse finger-hold 26. The free ends of the sides 23 and 24 arel provided withpivot holes 28 which embrace the pintles 10 and' 12. The up er edges of the sides 23 and 24: are provide with notches 30 corresponding in width to the thickness of the plate 6. The

distance from the bottom of the notches 30 to the holes 28 is slightly less than the width of the opening 13 etween the inner edges of the projections 10and 12 and the opposing edge of the plate 6, as will be seen by re e rence to Fig. 4. By placing the toggle link in the engaging and disengaging position indicated in Fig. 4, the free ends of the sides 23 and 24 may be caused to enter or leave the slots 14 and 16 and when tilted 90 into any other position they are prevented from removal therefrom.

The heel iece 22 is formed of spring wire and wood. }lt is provided at its forward end with outwardly projectin pivots 32 and 34 95 which enter an pair of t 1e holes 25, so that the' len th of t e rear part (comprising the toggle ink and heel ieee) and conseieenty the length of the shoe form, may a justed. The spring wire is received in a groove 3G formed `1n the wooden heel 37,

shaped to fit the lieel portion of the shoe.. The s ring wire of the heel piece 22 is so shape that it tends to spring outwardly-and to assume its normal sha as shown in dotted lines in-Fig. 1. Tiis tendency results in maintaining its ivots 32 and 34: in

vengagement with'the ho es 25 of the toggle pla and l12, thus reventingany tendency ofthe rear part to ecome detached -from the fore part when the rearffpart 1s 1n collapsed position. i

' In order to lace the form 1n a shoe, the rear artI isco apsed and the torey art is in theI shoe, thenthe toggle mk 1s pushed downward to lengthen the rear part until it assumes the position shown in Fig-2. The pivot of the connection between the eel iece 22 and the toggle link 20 is below the e of pressure, that is, the: line connecting the projections l0 and 12 and the roove 36. Thus the rear part is a toggle whic is overset and maintains the form in proper position within the shoe. By drawing up the too le link 2O b takin hold of the lingerhdl 26 with the linger, the rear part may be collapsed and the form withdrawn from' a shoe. MM/

It is to be observed that the rear parts for shoe forms of widely varying sizes may be identically the saine 1n size and construction being assenllkbled with a proper fore part to t the given'slioe.v This materially reduces the cost of manufacture asa single Sel? of ldies and tools for forming the rear parts can beused Without change for making the rea; parts for forms of many dierent sizes ofshoes. This is an important feature of the invention. Furthermore,` 'it is to' be noted that the heel piece isprovided with outwardly ex anding ends adapted to ex-u -tend outwar y throu h ,the-'holesin the tog le link whichY no fonly increases the rigidity of the construction of the rear part by reason of the fact that the sides of the wires extendin forward from the heel enage frictiona y with the inner sides of t e toggle link, but tends also to prevent too free relative movements of the toggle link and heel piece and to hold the Vparts in adjusted position once put in place in a shoe. Again the-separation of the sides of the toggle link and the' forwardly extending wirerno the heel piece from ,each other tends to remier the construction much stiffer than if they la in close glroximity to eachother. 'llie metaparts of t e form are adapted to be stamped up from sheet metal and shaped into their -final forms by simple bending processes. This contributes to reduce the cost of'm'anufacture.

Havin thus described is claime is-:-

1. A 'shoe form comprising a forepart, a hinge plate secured to the fore part and pro'- vided witho positel disposed inwardly extending pint es, an mounted upon said pintles, said rear part the invention what a rear part pivotally having means tending to hold it on thepintles.

2. A shoe form comprising a fore art a hinge plate on the fore part provid locking recesses, pintles adjacent to the recesses and a rear part having a member provided with holes for receiving the pintles and held thereon by the said recesses 1n said plate on the fore part.

3. A shoe form comprising a orepart and a rear part comprising a toggle link and heel piece, the toggle link being pivotally connected with the fore art and the heel piece being pivotally attac led 'to the toggle link and distorted by its attachment thereto in such manner as 'to tend to prevent the detach ment of the toggle link and orepart, substantially as described.

4. A shoe form comprising a hollow leatherboard orepart, a stilfening plate having an upwardly'extended tongue secured to the'upper side of the orepart and a downwardly extended tongue secured to the bottom of the forepart, acting to brace the forcpart, substantially as described.

5. A shoe form comprising a leatherboard forepart having a stili'ening plate and hinge piece comprising a hinge member located at the rear of the forepart, and two ton ues,

one extending diagonally upward an secured to` the inside of the upper part of the forepart, and the other extending diagonally downward and secured to the inside of the bottom of the f orepart, substantially laid in the groove and extending forwardly.

and providedgon its 'end with outwardly extended pintl'esl ada ted to engage the ad'- justment holes in t e toggle lin substantially as described.

7 A shoe form comprising a forepa'rt and a rear part the latter consisting of a U1# sha ed toggle link having itsfree end pivA vota ly attached to the forepart and 'prof lvided with pintle holes in its sides and a n; of a transversely grooved heel block an a, U-shaped wire lying 1n the roove of the block, andhaving its freeen s pivoted in the 4pintle holes of the toggle link, substantially. as described.

-` .WILLIAM-s. LOUGEEQ Witnesses:

' SAMUEL D. Flanken,

heel piece consist WILLIAM T. .GUNINISOM 

